broon
Scots
noun
Definitions
- The colour brown
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English broun inherited from Old English brūn (brown, dusky, dark) inherited from Proto-Germanic *brūnaz (brown, grey).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*brūnaz
Gloss
brown, grey
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
褐
Emoji
🐻 🤎
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- broon English
- brown English
- brunneus Latin
- brūnus Latin
- *bher- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰerH- Proto-Indo-European
- *brūnaz Proto-Germanic
- brun Old English
- brūn Old English
- broun Middle English
- brúnn Old Norse
- brúnn Icelandic
- brūn Old High German
- *brūn gmw-pro
- *brūn Old Dutch
- brûn Middle Low German
- brūn Old Saxon
- bregn Romansh
- brin Romansh
- brün Romansh
- *brūn Frankish
- brün North Frisian